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“That’s 400 years on the breasts. Think how boring that would be. At some point. 15 or 20 years in.”

17 September 201124 December 2022 joannemerriam

Today was the second half of Vanderbilt’s Saturday University class with Billy Collins, “Under the Hood: The Mechanics of Poetry.” (I wrote about the first

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No such things as distractions.

11 September 201122 May 2015 joannemerriam

I attended the first half of Vanderbilt’s Saturday University class with Billy Collins, “Under the Hood: The Mechanics of Poetry,” yesterday. He started with the

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Some of them, often the best of them, will go undercover-wear suits and carry briefcases, returning to their writing desk only after the sun has gone down and the city has gone to sleep.

7 May 201124 December 2022 joannemerriam

Last Sunday I went to see Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez read at Vanderbilt. I don’t speak Spanish, so I had to rely on the

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Poetry

so try as you will/you cannot make me feel/embarrassment//at what I find beautiful – Frank Bidart

16 April 201124 December 2022 joannemerriam

I went to see Ciarán Carson with Peg and Declan last week, and Frank Bidart with them this week, both as part of the Vanderbilt

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Writing Yeah

While I was writing this, I spilled tomato soup all over my desk. THIS IS WHY I CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS. (/dramaqueen)

18 December 201022 May 2015 joannemerriam

I got my contributors’ copy (contributor’s copy? where does the apostrophe go? there’s only one of me, but many contributors…) of the November issue of

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Ahahahahahah!

I question the efficacy of this statistical analysis tool.

14 July 201022 May 2015 joannemerriam

(via) Pasting in the first half of “Sundowning” got me Margaret Atwood. “Swan Song” gets Chuck Palahniuk. This Wallace Stevens homage gets J.K. Rowling. Hmm.

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Yeah

I desperately want to quote The Big Lebowski but can’t decide which quote to use.

21 January 201024 December 2022 joannemerriam

“The Supreme Court threw out a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence of big business and unions on elections Thursday, ruling that corporations may

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Selected books on Goodreads

Aether and Ego Aether and Ego, a steampunk retelling of Pride and Prejudice

How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens

The Museum of All Things Awesome and that Go Boom The Museum of All Things Awesome and that Go Boom

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